The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-02-03

That led them to ADORE
Those brazen things which bore such sway,
With fronts OF brass and feet Of clay
--
The Republican party has proven itself
incompetent for the task, and all its cry OF
protection could not save 1t from being
swept out of power by the people. The
work has now been turned over to the De-
mocracy, and while that party is divided
in this Congress upon how so delicate
work is to be accomplished, it is still the
only party that gives the country any
hope-especially the State of Virginia
that the heavy burden of internal Revenue
taxation will be taken off. 1t is the only
party that couples with this reduction the
promise of protection to American indus
tries. Where else can we look for relief ]?
-Vnadicator.
Our neighbor must have great confidence
in the ignorance of its readers to have
given expression in cold type to the above.
Everybody knows what kind of s'sweep"
it was that gave the Democracy the Pres
idency. A pitiful one thousand majority
in the great State of New York, brought
about by half dozen abnormal causes.
and after Mr.. Randall, as a protective
Democrat. had canvassed the State for a
free trade Presidential candidate, was all
that could be secured. It was the merest
scratch-a lucky accident-a spasm of
passion-without one element OF conyic-
tion as to principle or confidence in the
Democratic party. That is the way the
Republicans were swept out of power.
And now that the work has been
turned over to the Democracy, ''what have
they done towards the reduction of taxes,
or reforming any alleged abuses T? Two
years have passed since that unfortunate
event, and yet there has not been single
measure enacted to change any of the laws
affecting the revenue or the tariff, in that
time. Three-fourths OF the party in Con-
gress have favored legislation looking d.
rectly to free trade. as the policy the De-
mocracy would inaugurate to ''give hope
to the country-especially Virginia.
and time and again have they refused to
support measures for the.reduction Of the
internal revenue tax. The Democratic
platform and the Democratic leaders are
committed against the removal OF the
"heavy burden of Internal Revenue taxa
ton, )" and there is not the least possibility
of that party instituting legislation for
that purpose It is only to the Republi-
can party and the Randall Democrats
about 35 in all-that the country can look
for relief in this respect. and The Vndica-
tor knows it. 1t has no hope of the Dem
ocratic party proper enacting legislation
for the protection of American indus
tries" and it is for that reason that the
Petersburg hsder- Appeal-the ablest DEM
ocratic paper in the State-and Gen. j. A.
Walker, C. w. Button and Jas. G Field
are uttering threatening murmurs, and in
dicating their purpose to cut loose from
the party that has proven itself false to
the best interests of tie State.
The Democratic papers throughout Vir-
GINA are expanding an unnecessary guam
tity of printers ink in publishing extended
accounts of the gigantic efforts of John w
Daniel in behalf of the Educational Bill
They assume that the people have short
memories, and that they have already fol-
gotten the hostility of Mr.. Daniel to the
Blair Bill. When the friends of that
measure rescued it from the Educational
Com nittee and referred it to the Commit
tee on Laboa, in the hope of getting there
from favorable report, and thus secure a
vote in the House. they had right to ex-
pect that Mr.. Daniel really desired it's pas
sage. Mr.. Daniel is member of the
Committee on Labor, and when the Bill
reached his committee, instead of trying
to press it to vote, he vehementIy oppos.
ed, and in its stead aided in substituting
the Crane amendment, a measure which
effectually kills any hope of securing Fed
eral aid to the schools of the South. Even
should the Crane amendment pass, and it
never will as long as there are friends
enough of the Blair Bill to defeat it, it
would give to the South but small pro-
portion of the amount apportioned by the
Blair Bill. The latter distributed the mo-
ney in proportion to the illiteracy; the for
mer in proportion to the population. I'm.
der the one the South would be entitled to
four-ffths Of the entire appropriation.
Under the other to less than one third.
Neither the Democratic papers nor the
Democratic Senator elect can evade the
responsibility or lessen the resentment of
the people of the State for the robbery
committed by Maj. Daniel and his col
leagues in taking from the children of this
State the money which Republican SEN
ate declared them entitled to.